About me:

What's up? My name's Rubén and you shall call me that. I'm 16 years old but give 3 more months and I'll be 17. I live in our glorious Spain, specifically in Catalonia.


You really wanna know about me? Oh well. Basically, I'm studying technology at A levels, and it's kinda hellish. I'm living with my parents and our house is pretty nice, I guess.

I have extremely brow hair and some weird-ass eyes. As in, they're either brown or green depending on how they're feeling. I also have a pretty muscular physique (I'm two barn-doors wide).

I try being funny and positive. Yeah, ok, I fail at both, but I try. I'm also pretty chill... most of the time.

My hobbies are pretty generic: I like playing videogames, working out 24/7, reading and listening to head-bopping music, when I'm not doing homework, of course.

Mario Maldonado

Hi. My name’s Mario. My family and some friends call me “gitanillo”, because my family is of gypsy race. I’m 16 years old. I’m gypsy and I live in Barcelona.

I’m at high school. Now I’m studying science. When I finish it, I would like to study to become a police officer. I live with my parents and brothers in a small flat in Badalona. I have a brother and a sister older than me and a twin sister. I’ve never had pets.

I have brown hair and brown eyes. Also I’m slim and I have a big nose, but I don’t think about it. I don’t consider myself very tall compared to my friends.

I think that I’m a strong person. My family says I’m funny and bold. I’m consider myself a clever person and sometimes very serious.

Now i don’t have much free time because I study every day. When I have free time I like playing a computer games, football and basketball with my friends in the street or the park.

Marc Martos

Hi, mi name is Marc. Some people call me Marquitos, I like it. I'm16 years old. I'm Spanish, and I live in Badalona.
I'm going to tell you about my self. I'm  at high school.I'm studying science,i'm not sure yet,
but I would like to be nutritionist or biologist. I live with my parents in a flat. I have two sisters, a twin sister and an older sister. I have curly brown hair and green eyes. I'm quite tall and thin. My family says that I have monkey ears, I agree with them. I think I'm a positive and funny person. I like making people laugh. But I can be serious too when I need to be.
I don't have much free time because I study hard. But when I can, I like to do sport. I'm good at playing soccer, basketball, ping pong,... . When i was younger, I played on a soccer team. I had a great time, but I left it for studies.

Describing myself

Hi, my name is Natalia. Some people call me Nati, but I hate it. I am 16 years old and I have been living my whole life in Badalona.

Here you have some facts about me: I am at "bachillerato" studying sciences. At the moment, and I think for many years, I am living with my parents in a cute flat. I do not have any pets, however, when I can live by myself I will adopt a cat.
I am in love with my hair, it is curly and brown, my eyes are brown too. In comparison to others, my lips are a bit thin.

If I had to describe my personality, it would be impossible for me. Some people say I am funny and love my laugh and others hate me. Being sarcastic is not the best option sometimes to make friends.
I spend all my little free time watching TV dramas or playing the transversal flute, and I try to take care of my Tamagotchi.

Myself

MYSELF 

My name's Evelyn, but everyone calls me Sara.I'm 15 years old. I'm from Colombia but now I live in Barcelona.

Now I'm going to tell you about myself, I'm studying at high school La Pineda, I'm doing (bachillerato). I'm living with my mother and her partner.

Now I'm going to tell you about my appearance. I'm thin, I have brown eyes and brown long hair.
The two things that stand out of my personality, is that I'm shy and kind.

My hobbies are swimming, singing and playing the guitar .

Describing Yourself

Hi, my name is Melanie, but almost everyone calls me Melito, well more specific my family and close friends. I’m 16 years old. I’m Spanish and I live in Badalona.

I’m going to tell you about myself. I’m in high school, I’m studying sciencies and I like it. I live with my parents in Gorg, Badalona. I have two dogs, they are very cute.

I have Black wavy hair, low height if compared to other people, brown eyes, and my skin is something brown - light.

I think I’m a funny person, although more sociable with trustworthy people, maybe other people think that I’m serious because my face is of I will kill you.

I like singing in my free time, go to shopping, eat ice cream or I usually play with my cousins to the Barbie’s but with the homework I don’t have a lot of free time.

Writing about me

writing about me

1- Hello my name is Meritxell but everyone calls me Meri . I'm 17 years old . I'm a Spanish girl eho lives in Badalona.

2- I'm going to tell you about myself . I go to high school . I'm studying science . I study because I want to be a nurse and I love biology . I live in a house with my parents and my 9 brothers.

3- I'm a girl with brown hair and dark eyes , the typical spanish stereotype . My mom always says I have big eyes and she's right.

4- I know that I am an open person , my family and my friends always tell me. I'm proud of it .

5- I don't have much tree time because when I'm not in class  I'm doing homework . But when I can i play the guitar and sing.



Ruben's question:
- I wish you exceptional more detail about your nine brothers.
Well, what to say Rubén ... I am the 4th of my 9 brothers:
Pablo with 24 years, married and studying law.
Esteban: with 23 years also studying law.
Yael: with 21 years , she study primary education.
Andrea: with 15 years studying 4th of that at the institute.
Gabriel: With 14 years, he studies 3rd of high school.
Carmen: with 12 years, studies 1st in the institute.
Ruth: with 10 years, studies 5th grade.
Marcos: with 8 years, studies 3rd grade.
Esther: With 7 years, study 2 of primary.
We all get along great, we help each other, but we have our differences, sometimes we fight, we still love each other and we all get along.

MYSELF

   My name’s Francisca, but most people call me Franca, Francis or Xesca. I’m 16years old. I’m Ghanaian, but I was born in Badalona and went to live in Ghana, now I live In Spain (Barcelona) or Badalona to be precise.
   I’m a science student at Institut La Pineda, I just begun my senior year in high school. I stay in a flat with my mom and sometimes my brother, because he doesn’t always reside here in Badalona but rather in Germany.
   I’m dark in complexion, I have a brownish black hair, it’s mid length, curly and very stringy as most Afro hairs and to end with my physical description, I have dark brown eyes, and there are a little bulge, but not that much.
   I’m a very logic person full of curiosities and lots of interests concerning the nature and many more. I love singing, watching movies and just being silly or said in a colloquial way “fooling”  to release stress.

Composition Mistakes

Spanglish:
....and I have fear.
I'm agree with them.


I lived for a long time in Spain.
When I will finish it, I ....
blond / blonde

Peer-evaluation Workshop 1

For those of you interested in taking the PAU exam by the end of next year-course, you should know that the writing mark consists of four parts.

• 1 point for Grammar
• 1 point for Vocabulary
• 1 point for Text (connectors and paragraphs)
• 1 point for Maturity (content, creativity,  humour, details, anecdotes, arguments)

Now let's do some co-evaluation and reflect upon maturity:

1. Swap compostions with a fellow student.
2. On a yellow post-it, write down some feedback to help him/her improve his/her content regarding interest and maturity. 
• I would like to know more about your  ...
• I wish you explained more details about ...
• Could you futher explain what kind of ... you like most?
• Why is ... your favourite ... ?

Unit 1 + 2 Exam

Sudent's book + Workbook:
from page 8 to page 31

Vocabulary Bank: (click on the link for a list of all the vocab. in each file)
page 236: Describing people
page 237: Things you wear
page 238: Holidays

Writing:
page 199: Describing yourself
page 200: My favourite photo blog

Grammar Bank: 
pages 212-213: File 1
pages 213-214: File 2

page 250: Irregular verbs!!!

English File Online Practice:
Go online to review the lessons and check your progress (use your access code to register)
englishfileonline.com

Pocket Book (for speakers of Spanish)


Good luck!

Don't say "Yes" or "No"

Objective: practice of interrogative sentences. 

Whole class or team competition.

Each team prepares as many "yes/no questions" as you can. You can use all the different verbal tenses.

Each question must be answered without delay and without the use of "yes" or "no".
The team which answers the most questions in this way wins.

Alternative answers to "Yes" or "No" could be:

I might go.                          Obviously                      Obviously not.          
Maybe                                 Sure                                No way.
Perhaps                              Of course.                      Of course not.
Probably                             I hope so.                        I hope  not. 
Possibly                              I think so.                       I don't think so.     
                                            Absolutely!

                                            Of course I will.             Of course I won't.
                                            Of course I did.               Of course I didn't. 
                                            I definitely will.               I definitely won't. 
                                            I definitely did.               I definitely didn't. 

You never know.                  
It depends.                    
Who knows!                         
Why not?
I have no idea.  
I haven't got a clue.
I would rather not answer. 

Idea taken from Penny Ur's book, Grammar Practice, Cambridge, 1990.